Sony have been talking about bringing PlayStation Plus to the PS Vita for a while now, and finally at the Tokyo Game Show they’ve detailed what exactly we can expect to get.

Everyone who owns a Vita will be pleased to know the service is free if you’re already subscribed to PlayStation Plus on your PS3. Which means that PS Plus subscription is even better value than it already is.

The Plus system on Vita is almost identical to it’s PS3 counterpart. There will be a rolling selection of games, much like the instant games collection on the PS3 – essentially you’ll get a new game to download every month. Although we don’t know what games will be part of that deal yet, tand hat probably won’t be announced until much closer to the time of launch. PS Plus on Vita also means they’ll be DLC and full game discounts available, too.

Vita will also be getting 1GB of online storage for all your game saves as well as the ability to automatically start up at a set time and download any patches and updates, so when you next come back to your Vita, it’s instantly ready to use. It will even sync all your trophies to the server so you don’t have to.

To go alongside the PS Plus for Vita and announcement of the new PS3 console, Sony has said they’re updating the look of the PlayStation Store next month. This re-design may also be to get comics back on the store (remember when you could read comics on your PSP?) and in time for the launch of PlayStation Mobile. The overhaul is to make the store easier to navigate, which is great as sometimes it’s easy to get lost inside that huge database of content.

PS Plus for Vita comes out in November and it might just persuade some to pick up a Vita for Christmas, or a PS Plus account at least.

Reader Comments

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I recently subbed for 1 yr of PS Plus, even though I use my Xbox360 more than my PS3, I’ve been really enjoying some of the free titles and discounts while using PS Plus. I plan to also pick up the Crystal White ACL Vita Bundle Oct 30th and having PS Plus also work on that device the following month will be awesome. I’ve put Sony on the back burner a lot in the past few years, only using it for exclusive games, but now with PS Plus, I’ve actually been playing it more.